Counting butterflies
by Lewis, 20 July, 2016, 2 comments
The British have always been inclined to talk about the weather “it's been too hot, too cold, been raining for days etc”. However, there is now some justification for discussing the weather as recent years have seen the number of extreme weather events increasing and there have been significant changes in the ‘pattern of the weather”.
Though not extreme, the weather this Spring and early Summer has been been disappointing. Sleet and snow fell in late April, and there were a number of sharp frosts. The April temperature was 6.5o C, 0.9o C below the 20 year long term average. Most regions were colder and wetter. This pattern continued into June. This sort of weather, when coupled with last year’s rather cold , wet summer has significant effects on both insect and bird populations. Read more...
